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Senator cuts $100,000 from creationist group: Earmark was for Louisiana Family Forum

Bowing to pressure, Republican senator David Vitter of Louisiana has backed off an attempt to steer $100,000 to a Christian group that supports teaching religious and alternative theories of creation alongside evolution in science classrooms.

Vitter has taken heat from educational, religious and civil rights groups for earmarking money for the Louisiana Family Forum in a fiscal 2008 spending bill—a bill intended “to develop a plan to promote better science education.”

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